University of Pennsylvania, LJS 407

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS654

Shelfmark:

LJS 407

Title:

Collection of astronomical texts

Astronomical texts

Author:

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 / طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد، 1201-1274

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1500 and 1599?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 77 leaves : paper ; 166 x 112 (150 x 85) mm bound to 175 x 120 mm

Former Owner(s):

Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i + 77 + i; [1-77], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines.
Script: Written in a naskh script by a single hand.
Decoration: 15 astronomical diagrams in red and black; rubrications in red.
Binding: Later red leather over pasteboard; gilt stamped with inlay central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis; spine at the manuscript's top edge, like a notepad.
Origin: Item is undated; perhaps copied in the 16th century.
Paper: Wove paper.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Early works

anthologies

codices (bound manuscripts)

inlays (decorative components)

Manuscripts

Sixteenth century

diagrams

Manuscripts, Persian

handbooks

Astronomy

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9950826723503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p37h4v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania